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EP1085403B1 - Verfahren und Gerät zur grafischen Rückmeldung während zeitabhängigen Benutzereingaben - Google Patents

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EP1085403B1
EP1085403B1 EP00305257A EP00305257A EP1085403B1 EP 1085403 B1 EP1085403 B1 EP 1085403B1 EP 00305257 A EP00305257 A EP 00305257A EP 00305257 A EP00305257 A EP 00305257A EP 1085403 B1 EP1085403 B1 EP 1085403B1
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  • the present invention relates to an input processing method for a touch input device for processing touch input operationsmade by touching a panel, an input processing device and programs (which may be stored on a storage medium) for implementing same, and an information processing apparatus provided with same.
  • a touch input device such as a tablet (touch pad), digitizer, or the like
  • a tablet or digitizer is located above or below a monitor screen, such as a CRT, liquid-crystal display, or the like, and it senses the position at which a pointing device, such as a pen, or the like, makes contact with the screen. If these elements are integrated with the screen, then the device is called a touch panel or touch screen.
  • a pressure-sensitive tablet is a resistance film made from a transparent electrode, which is affixed to the surface of the monitor screen. The position of touching of the pen is detected by measuring the electric potential created by the touching of the pen dividing the resistance of the film.
  • an electromagnetic induction tablet is located below the screen, and it detects the position of touching of the pen by detecting the magnetism generated by the pen tip.
  • a method for detecting the point of touching in addition to a pressure-sensitive tablet or electromagnetic induction tablet, a variety of other methods have been achieved, for instance, a method which utilizes ultrasonic waves, such as an ultrasonic surface elastic wave touch panel, or the like.
  • processing corresponding to a left click on a mouse such as indicating the position of a pointer (or cursor) on the screen, selecting menus by operating icons, starting up software, or the like, is assigned to input operations using these touch input devices.
  • various devices for processing input operations corresponding to processing other than a left click have been proposed.
  • the map display device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-open No. (Hei)5-241506 has a function for changing the scale of a map displayed on a screen, according to the time period for which a touch panel is pressed.
  • the input device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-open No. (Hei)11-53115 has a function for moving a cursor on a screen by means of a touch input operation.
  • the device switches between a method whereby movement commands are input by moving an - input pen, or the like, while pressing it against a touch panel, thereby causing a cursor to move relatively with respect to movement of the pen, and a method whereby movement commands are input by pressing the pen against a desired position on the touch panel for a desired period of time, thereby causing a cursor to move in the direction of the position where the panel is pressed, at a speed corresponding to the distance from the cursor to the desired position, selectively, according to the period of time for which the pen is pressed against the panel.
  • the data input device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-open No. (Hei)11-45141 comprises a function for identifying input operations when a touch panel is pressed for a prescribed period of time or more, in order to prevent incorrect input operations.
  • processing corresponding to the right click of a mouse should be assigned to the touch input operation.
  • mouse devices provided with a middle switch or wheel between left switch (for left click operation) and right switch (for right click operation) have become common. Therefore, preferably, processing corresponding to click operations of the middle switch or wheel (hereinafter, called a middle click) are assigned also.
  • scroll processing is often assigned to the middle click operation (including rotation of the wheel), preferably, scroll processing should also be realized by means of a touch input operation.
  • US-A-5 404 458 discloses a method and apparatus for efficiently distinguishing between different types of input signals simulated by a pointing device coupled to a multi-tasking computer system.
  • the pointing device may be a stylus, finger or other device that moves across the surface of a touch screen or the like to generate positional information.
  • the motion of the pointing device is recognized by a software application programs as input information either from a mouse or from a gesture or a handwriting input mode. If motion cessation across the screen is detected with a predetermined time-delay period, the system accepts the input information in a mouse-emulating mode. If motion is detected within the predetermined time-delay period, the timer is reset.
  • US-A-5 764 218 discloses a method and an apparatus for contacting a touch-sensitive cursor-controlling input device to generate button values simulating the button state of a mechanical button switch.
  • This method and apparatus enable an operator to utilize the touch-sensitive cursor-controlling input device to change the value of a ButtonState variable (which simulates the ButtonState of a mechanical button switch) by (1) detecting contact intervals when the user contacts the touch-sensitive input device, (2) detecting gap intervals between subsequent contact intervals, and (3) moving the cursor on the display screen and changing the value of the ButtonState variable based on the duration of the contact and gap intervals.
  • PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 05, 31 May 1999 (1999-05-31) & JP 11 045141 A discloses a data input device provided with a display part touch panel arranged while being overlapped on the display part, coordinate detecting means for detecting the section of the display part to which a section touching the touch panel corresponds, and button identification judging part for judging whether the button displayed on the display part is pressed or not by touching the touch panel. In this case, when the time continuously touching a coordinate inside a button identification range allocated to the button exceeds predetermined pressing time, the button identification judging part judges the button is pressed.
  • PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 05, 31 May 1999 (1999-05-31) & JP 11 053115 A (NEC GUMMA LTD), 26 February 1999 (1999-02-26) discloses an input device using a touch panel for controlling the instruction marks such as a pointer and a cursor which are displayed on a display screen in which two systems are used, namely the system by which the shift instruction is inputted and the cursor is relatively shifted by adjusting it to the locus of shift while the cursor is shifted by an input pen and a finger on the touch panel, and the system by which the shift instruction is inputted by depressing one arbitrary point on the touch panel for prescribed time, then the direction and the distance of a depression point against the center point of the touch panel are obtained.
  • the two input systems for moving the cursor at shift speed corresponding to the obtained direction and distance are switched by the length of depression time against one arbitrary point on the touch panel.
  • EP-A-0 698 845 (IBM) 28 February 1996 (1996-02-28) discloses apparatus and method for marking text on a display screen in a personal communication device, having a touch sensitive display screen, in which text may be marked by a user to be used with different applications.
  • a user has to maintain his touch at a location on the screen for a short predetermined period of time until the system detects that the position is held over the same character for a delayed period, at which time the system beeps to provide an indication that there has been a change of operation mode.
  • the marking mode continues in operation until the user removes his contact from the touch screen.
  • GB-A-2 319 591 discloses a coordinates input apparatus, whereby various operations on a screen can be carried out by a coordinates pointer such as a finger and the number of operations reduced, comprises a detection section and an operating section.
  • the detection section is provided with an operating surface for operation by the finger, and detects the operating conditions on the operating surface caused by the finger.
  • the operating section executes screen operations corresponding to the operating condition detects by the detection section, and in response to tapping of the finger on the operating surface within one of a number of predetermined regions carries out previously determined processing (e.g. right button emulation) or changes to a previously determined mode (e.g. for generating a sound at the time of tapping).
  • WO 97/30386 discloses a screen display key input unit in which any one of the keys shown on a screen is inputted by touching with a pen, a mouse or the like. Each of the keys shown on the screen are defined with the first and second graphic character codes.
  • a key input means for pointing out a key display area on the screen and a selection processing means for outputting one of the first and second graphic character codes defined on each of the keys by determining the difference of key selection operations of the key input means are provided.
  • the two graphic character codes are defined on each of the keys, so that the number of keys shown on the screen is reduced as compared with a conventional input unit which each key is defined with one graphic character code, resulting in the improved operability.
  • the effect of a touch input is switched among a plurality of mouse input operations according to the touching time period against a touch panel. Therefore, it is possible to carry out processing corresponding to a plurality of mouse input operations, selectively, by means of a single input operation, namely, a touch input operation, thereby improving the ease of operation.
  • the direction of scrolling of a screen can be switched according to the touching time period against a touch panel. Consequently, it is possible to perform upward scrolling and downward scrolling, selectively, for example, by means of a single input operation, namely, a touch input operation, thereby improving the ease of operation.
  • an input processing method for processing touch input operations to a panel comprising a detecting step for detecting a touching time period against the panel , and a selecting step for selecting one of a plurality of processes corresponding to mouse input operations according to the detected touching time period.
  • the plurality of processes corresponding to the mouse input operations includes, for example, a process corresponding to a left click and a process corresponding to a right click in the aforementioned mouse input operations.
  • a process corresponding to a middle click may also be included.
  • an input processing method for processing touch input operations to a panel comprising a step for detecting a touching time period against a panel, and a selecting step for selecting either a scrolling process in a first direction or a scrolling process in a second direction on a screen according to the detected touching time period.
  • the aforementioned first and second directions are, respectively, an upward direction and downward direction.
  • an input processing method for processing touch input operations to a panel comprising a step for detecting a touching time period against the panel, and a selecting step for selecting either a process corresponding to one of a plurality of mouse input operations or a screen scrolling process according to the detected touching time period.
  • the selecting step in the aforementioned third aspect selects the direction of scrolling on a screen according to the detected touching time period.
  • the process corresponding to one of the mouse input operations is a process corresponding to a left click in the aforementioned mouse input operations.
  • the aforementioned input processing method may also comprise a display step for changing an icon displayed on the screen, while the panel is being touched, each time that the process selected in accordance with the touching time period changes.
  • the touch panel may be incorporated with the screen (for example, provided as a layer superimposed on, or underneath, the screen).
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective diagram of an information processing apparatus to which an input processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
  • a notebook personal computer 1 is depicted as one example of an information processing apparatus.
  • the notebook personal computer 1 comprises a liquid crystal display 12, and a touch panel (tablet) 10 forming a touch input device is superimposed on the liquid crystal display 12 in this embodiment.
  • Fig. 2A is a diagram for describing a pressure-sensitive touch panel and Fig. 2B shows an electromagnetic induction touch panel.
  • a pressure-sensitive touch panel is constituted by a transparent film and glass, and is positioned over the liquid crystal display 12.
  • the resistance value thereof changes.
  • the point of contact is detected on the basis of this resistance value.
  • the electromagnetic induction touch panel is comprised of a sensor plate having a sensor coil, which is located below the liquid crystal display 12. The position of the pen 14 is detected by detecting the magnetic force generated by the tip of the pen 14, by means of the sensor coil.
  • Fig. 3 is a block composition diagram of the information processing apparatus 1 in Fig. 1.
  • a multi-chip module (MCM) 32, south bridge 38 and video graphics array (VGA) controller 36 are connected to a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus 30.
  • the south bridge 38, a keyboard controller (KBC) 51, ROM (Read Only Memory) 54 and modem 56 are connected to an ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) bus 50.
  • the south bridge 38 is connected to a hard disk drive (HDD) 40 forming an auxiliary memory device, which controls writing and reading of data to and from the HDD 40.
  • the HDD 40 stores a program for implementing the input processing method according to the present invention, which is described hereinafter.
  • a keyboard 41 and a touch panel controller 52 are connected to the keyboard controller 51.
  • the multi-chip module 32 comprises a CPU 32a, north bridge 32b, and secondary cache memory (RAM) 32c.
  • the multi-chip module 32 is also connected to a SDRAM (synchronous DRAM) 34 forming a main memory.
  • SDRAM 34 operates in synchronization with a system bus clock.
  • the north bridge 32b is a PCI system controller for controlling data communication between the CPU 32a, secondary cache memory 32c, main memory 34, PCI bus, and the like.
  • the south bridge 38 is a bridge for connecting the PCI bus 30 and ISA bus 50, and it controls data communication between the PCI bus 30 and ISA bus 50.
  • the VGA controller 36 controls the liquid crystal display 12 according to VGA standards.
  • the touch panel controller 52 comprises an MPU 52a, - memory (RAM) 52b and interface circuit 52c, and it controls touch input operations by means of the touch panel 10.
  • a program for carrying out the input processing method according to the present invention as stored in the HDD 40 is loaded into the memory 52a or SDRAM 34, and implemented by the MPU 52a and CPU 32a.
  • the ROM 54 stores an initial program loader.
  • the information processing apparatus 1 is provided with a serial port, parallel port, communications port, CRT connector, mouse connector, FDD adapter for connecting to a floppy disk drive (FDD) 61, and the like.
  • the floppy disk drive 61 may be provided inside the information processing apparatus 1.
  • the information processing apparatus 1 is provided with a CD-ROM drive adapter, and may be connected to a CD-ROM drive 62.
  • the CD-ROM drive 62 may be provided inside the information processing apparatus 1.
  • a program for implementing the input processing method according to the present invention may be stored on a transportable storage medium, such as a floppy disk 71, CD-ROM 72, or the like, and this program may be supplied to the information processing apparatus 1 by means of the FDD drive 61, CD-ROM drive 62, or the like. Moreover, the program may also be supplied by means of a communications circuit connected to the modem 56.
  • Fig. 4 is a processing flowchart for the MPU 52a which implements the input processing method according to this embodiment of the present invention, and it depicts a flowchart of the program executed by the MPU 52a.
  • step S11 if the MPU 52a detects that the pen is touching the touch panel 10, then at step S12, the point of touching of the pen is detected in the form of an X co-ordinate value and Y co-ordinate value for an XY co-ordinate system set on the touch panel 10.
  • the MPU 52a generates touching status data, as illustrated later with reference to Fig. 5(a), and this data is transmitted to the CPU 32a.
  • Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of status data.
  • Status data comprises a flag for identifying a touching state and a non-touching state, the flag being set to a status bit of '1 ' in the case of a touching state, and the flag being set to a status bit of '0' in the case of a non-touching state.
  • status data where the flag is set to '1' will be called 'touching status data'
  • status data where the flag is set to '0' will be called 'non-touching status data'.
  • the XY co-ordinate values at which the touching status or non-touching status was detected are specified as co-ordinate data.
  • step S14 if the MPU 52a detects a non-touching state between the pen and the touch panel 10, then at step S15, the point of touching of the pen is detected in terms of an X co-ordinate value and Y co-ordinate value of the XY co-ordinate system set on the touch panel 10. Thereupon, at step S16, the MPU 52a generates non-touching status data as in Fig. 5 described above, and transmits this data to the CPU 32a.
  • Fig. 6 is a first processing flowchart for the CPU 32a when implementing the input processing method according to this embodiment of the present invention, and it depicts the program executed by the CPU 32a.
  • This program is executed by being loaded into the system memory SDRAM 34 from the HDD 40.
  • the CPU 32a executes left click processing and right click processing, selectively, according to the period of time for which the pen is touching the touch panel 10.
  • step S101 if the CPU 32a receives touching status data from the MPU 52a of the touch panel controller 52, then at step S102, the pointer is moved to a position corresponding to the co-ordinates data contained in the touching status data, and the timing at which this data is received is recorded in the SDRAM 34 (step S103).
  • the timing at which the status data is received is measured by using the system clock provided inside the information processing apparatus.
  • step S104 if the CPU 32a receives non-touching status data from the MPU 52a, then at step S105, the timing at which this data is received is also recorded in the SDRAM 34. Moreover, at step S106, the CPU 32a detects the touching time period T from the difference between the respective timings at which the touching status data and non-touching status data was received. The CPU 32a executes left click processing and right click processing, selectively, in accordance with the touching time period T thus detected. In other words, at step S107, if the touching time period T is less than a first time period T1, then left click processing is selected (step S108), and if the touching time period T is equal to or more than the first time period T1, then right click processing is selected (step S109).
  • the processing corresponding to a left click involves, for example, specifying the position of a pointer or cursor displayed on a screen, selecting a menu by controlling an icon, or starting up a software application, or the like.
  • the processing corresponding to the right click varies depending on the application program being executed, and it may involve, for example, displaying an operational menu at the position of the pointer or cursor, or the like.
  • Fig. 7A and 7B are examples of a screen display of the apparatus.
  • Fig. 7A is an example of a screen in a case where left click processing is executed
  • Fig. 7B is an example of a screen in a case where right click processing is executed.
  • Fig. 7A shows a case where a pointer 3 is moved to the top left of a screen and an icon 4 in that position is selected, by means of left click processing.
  • Fig. 7B shows a case where an operational menu 5 is displayed at the position of the pointer 3, by means of right click processing.
  • processing may also be added whereby a second time period T2 (where T2 > T1) is set, and if the touching time period T is equal to or greater than this second time period, then processing corresponding to a middle click is selected.
  • the order in which processing sequences are selected according to the length of the touching time period is not limited to that described above.
  • the order may be devised in such a manner that if the touching time period T is less than the first time period T1, then right click processing is selected and if it is equal to or greater than the first time period T1, then left click processing is selected.
  • Fig. 8 is a second processing flowchart for the CPU 32a when executing an input processing method according to this embodiment of the present invention, and it depicts a program executed by the CPU 32a.
  • This program is executed by loading it from the HDD 40 into the system memory SDRAM 34.
  • the CPU 32a executes left click processing and scroll processing, selectively, in accordance with the touching time period of the pen against the touch panel 10.
  • step S201 if CPU 32a receives touching status data from the MPU 52a of the touch panel controller 52, then at step S202, the pointer is moved to a position corresponding to the co-ordinate data contained in the touching status data, and the timing at which this data is received is recorded in the SDRAM 34 (step S203).
  • step S204 the CPU 32a determines whether or not the screen is currently in a scrolling operation, and if it is in a scrolling operation, then at step S205, the scrolling operation is terminated.
  • step S206 if the CPU 32a receives non-touching status data from the MPU 52a, then at step S207, the timing at which this data is received is recorded in the SDRAM 34. Further, at step S208, the CPU 52a detects the touching time period T from the difference between the respective timings at which the touching status data and non-touching status data is received. The CPU 52a executes left click processing and scroll processing, selectively, in accordance with the touching time period T thus detected. Specifically, at step S209, if the touching time period T is less than a first time period T1, no processing is executed. In other words, at step S202, the pointer or cursor is only moved to the touching position. In this way, processing whereby only movement of the pointer or cursor is carried out when the screen is touched may also be included.
  • step S210 if the touching time period T is greater than the first time period T1 and less than a second time period T2 (where T2 > T1), then left click processing is selected (step S211). Moreover, at step S212, if the touching time period T is greater than the second time period T2 and less than a third time period T3 (where T3 > T2), then upward scroll processing for scrolling the screen in an upward direction is selected (step S213), and if the touching time period T is equal to or greater than a third time period T3, then downward scroll processing for scrolling the screen in a downward direction is selected (step S214).
  • processing may be added whereby a fourth time period T4 (where T4 > T3) is set, and if the touching time period T is greater than the fourth time period, then processing corresponding to a middle click is selected.
  • the order in which processing is selected according to the length of the touching time period is not limited to that described above.
  • the order of the downward scroll processing and upward scroll processing may be reversed.
  • a plurality of processing sequences are implemented, selectively, according to the touching time period of a touch input operation.
  • the processing selection changes whilst the pen is in contact with the touch panel. Therefore, preferably, it should be possible for the user to identify the processing that is to be selected according to the touching time period.
  • the icon display of the pointer and cursor may be changed according to the touching time period. Thereby, the user is able to identify the processing that is to be selected when the pen returns to a non-touching state.
  • Fig. 9 is a processing flowchart for changing the icon display of a pointer in accordance with the processing in Fig. 8, and it depicts the program executed by the CPU 32a. This program is executed by being loaded from the HDD 40 into the system memory SDRAM 34.
  • Fig. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a pointer icon. As shown in Fig. 10A, normally, the pointer icon has, for example, an arrow shape pointing in an upward and leftward direction.
  • a timer is started, using a timer function of the system clock. The timer measures the period of time T that has elapsed since the touching status data was received.
  • step S303 if the CPU 32a receives non-touching status data, then the timer is stopped and reset (step S313). Moreover, if the pointer icon has changed, then it returns to the normal icon (arrow pointing in an upward and leftward direction).
  • the pointer icon changes to a first icon as illustrated in Fig. 10D (step S305).
  • the first icon has the shape of a mouse, and is displayed in such a manner that the colour of the left switch portion thereof differs from the colour of the other portions thereof. Thereby, the user is able to identify that left click processing is to be selected if a non-touching state is resumed while the first icon is being displayed.
  • step S307 If the elapsed time period T becomes greater than the aforementioned second time period T2 (step S307), then the pointer icon changes to a second icon as illustrated in Fig. 10B (step S308).
  • the second icon has an arrow shape pointing in an upward direction. Thereby, the user is able to identify that upward scroll processing is to be selected if a non-touching state is resumed while the second icon is being displayed.
  • the pointer icon changes to a third icon as illustrated in Fig. 10C (step S311).
  • the third icon has an arrow shape pointing in a downward direction.
  • Fig. 10E shows an icon corresponding to right click processing
  • Fig. 10F shows an icon corresponding to middle click processing.
  • the touching time period T is detected on the basis of the difference between the respective timings at which the touching status data and non-touching status data is received, but as illustrated by the processing in Fig. 9 described above, the touching time period T may be detected using the timer function of the system clock.
  • the embodiment described above relates to a case where a pen is used to make contact with a touch panel, but the invention is not limited to this.
  • the present invention may also be applied to cases where a finger is used to touch the touch panel.
  • the touch panel is incorporated with a display screen of an information processing apparatus; however, the touch panel may be provided separately from the display screen, for example as a touch pad or a graphics tablet.
  • the present invention it is possible to switch between a plurality of mouse input operations according to the time period of touching against a touch panel. Therefore, it is possible to implement processing corresponding to a plurality of mouse input operations, selectively, by means of a single input operation, namely, a touch input operation, thereby improving ease of operation. Furthermore, it is also possible to implement, for example, upward scrolling and downward scrolling, selectively, by means of a single input operation, namely, a touch input operation, thereby improving ease of operation.

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  1. Eingabeverarbeitungsverfahren für die Verarbeitung von Berührungseingabeoperationen auf einer Tafel (10), umfassend die Schritte:
    Detektion einer Berührzeitdauer gegen die Tafel (10); und
    Auswahl eines Vorgangs aus mehreren, den Mauseingabeoperationen entsprechenden Vorgängen gemäß der detektierten Berührzeitdauer; dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verfahren den zusätzlichen Schritt des Ånderns eines auf einem Bildschirm angezeigten Symbols beinhaltet, während der Bildschirm berührt wird, jedes Mal, dass der gemäß der Berührzeitdauer ausgewählte Vorgang sich ändert.
  2. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 1, worin die mehreren, den Mauseingabeoperationen entsprechenden Vorgänge einen einem linken Anklic ken entsprechenden Vorgang und einen einem rechten Anklicken entsprechenden Vorgang in den Mauseingabeoperationen beinhalten.
  3. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 1 oder Anspruch 2, worin die Tafel in einen Anzeigebildschirm eingearbeitet ist und auf die Berührung des Bildschirms anspricht.
  4. Eingabeverarbeitungsvorrichtung für die Verarbeitung von Berührungseingabeoperationen auf einer Tafel (10), umfassend:
    eine Detektionseinheit (52a, 32a) zur Detektion einer Berührzeitdauer gegen die Tafel; und
    eine Auswahleinheit (32a) zur Auswahl eines Vorgangs aus mehreren, den Mauseingabeoperationen entsprechenden Vorgängen gemäß der detektierten Berührzeitdauer; dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtung ferner
    eine Anzeigesteuerung (32a) für das Ändern eines auf einem Bildschirm angezeigten Symbols beinhaltet, während der Bildschirm berührt wird, jedes Mal, dass der gemäß der Berührzeitdauer ausgewählte Vorgang sich ändert.
  5. Vorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 4, worin die mehreren, den Mauseingabeoperationen entsprechenden Vorgänge einen einem linken Anklicken entsprechenden Vorgang und einen einem rechten Anklicken entsprechenden Vorgang in den Mauseingabeoperationen beinhalten.
  6. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 4 oder Anspruch 5, worin die Tafel in einen Anzeigebildschirm eingearbeitet ist und auf die Berührung des Bildschirms anspricht.
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